American Meteorological Society

THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL Society (AMS) supports the growth and diffusion of information and education on the atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologie sciences and the development of their professional applications. Founded in 1919, AMS has a membership of more than 11,000 professionals, professors, students, and weather enthusiasts. AMS publishes nine atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologie journals, both in print and online and sponsors more than 12 conferences annually. It also offers numerous programs and services.

Charles Franklin Brooks of the Blue Hill Observatory in Milton, Massachusetts, founded the American Meteorological Society. Its initial membership was formed primarily by the U.S. Signal Corps and U.S. Weather Bureau and numbered less than 600. Its initial publication, the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, served as a supplement ...